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, J. J. TOMPKINS.

SHOE.

N0. 328,543. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN J. TOMPKINS, OF LOUISVILLE,

KENTUCKY, AssIGNoR TO HIMSELF,

WILLIAM BOSLER, AND NICK BOSLER, OF SAME PLACE.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,543. dated October 20. 1885.

Application filed July 24, 1885. Serial No. 172,551. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. ToMPKINs, of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in boots and shoes.

The object is to provide a shoe of the Bismarck type which shall have a minimum number of seams, and which shall present a neat appearance and be easy to get on and off the foot.

A further object is to provide a set of patterns for cutting the several parts, by which economy of stock shall be effected.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a shoe-upper of the Bismarck style, in which the vamp and quarters shall be formed seamless, the top and its flap formed of a single piece of leather, and seamless, and the instep-section also formed of a single piece of leather, and seamless.

My invention further consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the pattern for the seamless vamp and quarters; Fig. 2, the pattern for the top; Fig. 3, the pattern for the instep-section, and Fig. 4 the complete upper ready for the sole.

The pattern for the vamp and quarters is represented by A. It consists of a fiat ovalshaped piece provided with a central opening, B. When crimped into the shape it has in the completed shoe, the edge around the opening B forms the line of attachment between it and the top and instep-piece, and the outer edge is attached to the sole.

The top 0 is formed of a single piece, and is provided with an extended portion, 0, which is adapted to fold over the opposite edges when crimped into shape and form the button-hole flap, as shown in Fig. 4.

The instep-section D is also formed of a single piece, and when crimped into shape, as

shown in Fig. 4, extends under the front edges of the top and up the front in the form of a tongue.

By observing the complete shoe as shown in Fig. 4 it will be noticed that the only seam in the upper is the one continuous seam E, which extends around the shoe. N o seam is formed up the instep, which is often a source of irritation, and no seam up the back, which is apt to open and give the shoe a shabby ap- 6o portion which is commonly taken up by seams being saved by the use of the seamless parts.

The number of buttons employed to secure the shoe to the foot is preferably three, as shown; but the number may be increased or diminished, as found desirable.

I am aware that it is not new to form a seamless vamp, and therefore do not claim the same, broadly; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A shoe-upper consisting, essentially, of a vamp and quarter-sections formed integral and having a central opening, a top section secured to the consisting of a flat hourglass-shaped piece provided with a rounded projection at one corner to form a button-fly, and cut off at the corresponding corner on the opposite end, and an instep-section, secured to the vamp, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A pattern for a shoe-upper in three sections: first, a vamp and quarter-section,

quarter-sections and vamp, and

shaped as shown and 0 consisting of a flat oval-shaped piece pro- 5 second, a top vided with a central opening;

section consisting ofa fiat hourglass-shaped specification in the presence of two subscribpiece provided with a rounded projection at ingwitnesesi one corner'to form a button-fly and cut off at the corresponding corner 0n the opposite JOHN TOMPKINS' 5 end, and, third, an instep -section of the Witnesses:

shape substantially as shown. WM. BOSLER,

. In testimony'whereof I have signed this NIo BOSLER. 

